HMS Valentine (L69)

51°20′N 03°49′E / 51.333°N 3.817°E / 51.333; 3.817

HMS Valentine, circa 1917-18
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Valentine
Owner	Royal Navy
Ordered	July 1916
Builder	Cammell Laird
Laid down	7 August 1916
Launched	24 March 1917
Commissioned	27 June 1917
Out of service	15 May 1940
Fate	Beached after attack from dive bombers.
General characteristics As built[1]
Class and type	Admiralty V-class leader
Displacement	1,188 long tons (1,207 t) standard 1,473 long tons (1,497 t) full load
Length	300 ft (91.44 m) pp 312 ft (95.10 m) oa
Beam	29 ft 6 in (8.99 m)
Draught	10 feet 8 inches (3.25 m) – 11 ft 7+1⁄2 in (3.54 m)
Propulsion	3 Yarrow-type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27,000 shp (20,134 kW)
Speed	34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	115
Armament	4 × QF 4 in Mk.V (102mm L/45) guns on mount CP.II 1 × 3 inch (76 mm) QF 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun 4 (2x2) tubes for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes

HMS Valentine was a V and W-class destroyer, built in 1917 for the Royal Navy. She fought in both world wars, serving in several capacities. She was heavily damaged by air attack and beached in 1940 near Terneuzen. Her hulk remained there until it was broken up in 1953.